PRC news 20-01-20
Published In PRC News
Three team awards, four North Wales titles and a host of age-group prizes was the very satisfying haul for Prestatyn Running Club from the annual Twin Piers 10k in Colwyn Bay on Saturday.
For the first time both the men and women won the team awards and that meant that they also picked up the trophy for the best overall club.
Thirty-five members turned out in the race, which incorporated the regional championships, and the titles and awards were gained across the age-range.
There were pbs galore, notably by Will Williams, who improves with every race, Andy Clark, who took eight minutes off last year’s time and broke 45 minutes for the first time, and Lisa Johnson, who was a massive 10 minutes faster than last year.
Placings (North Wales championship placings in brackets): 6 Steve Forsyth 33.04 1st M40 (1st M40), 10 Dean Longley 3rd M35 (3rd M35), 13 Canyon Wilson 34.40, 25 Andrew Bromley 36.53, 32 Amie Bagnall 37.46 3rd lady overall, 1st SL (1st SL), 37 Gordon Jones 38.53 2nd M60 (2nd M60), 46 James Rogers 39.52, 57 Will Williams 40.48, 69 Gethin Evans 41.35, 74 Darren Thompson 41.59, 78 Steve Haimes 42.14, 88 Steve Weedman 42.52 (3rd M55), 115 Andy Clark 44.50, 128 Benjamin Lines 45.32, 133 Frances Garnett 46.03, 144 Lisa Johnson 46.29 (3rd SL), 145 Des Davies 46.34, 153 Hannah Garnett 47.26, 160 Gary Johnson 47.50, 186 Gareth Hughes 49.34 3rd M70 (1st M70), 189 Alan Jones 49.38, 215 Liz Martin 51.41, 216 Kat Prestwich 51.42, 296 Jan Garnett 57.34, 303 Stuart Quayle 57.57, 321 Jackie Pottle 59.17, 354 Roger Harrison-Jones 61.07 1st M80 (1st M80), 369 Rachael Duddle 62.02, 373 Debbie Weedman 62.25, 374 Bethan Lunn 62.29, 375 Duncan Longley 62.30, 377 Karl Martin 63.28, 404 Nem James 66.53, 409 Debbie Jones 67.39.
Whilst 35 members were in action in Colwyn Bay another 23 took part in Parkruns the same day, 21 of them in the Nova run in Prestatyn.
Placings: 2 Rob Alexander 18.56 (pb), 7 Matty Smith 21.15, 9 John Simpson 21.53, 31 Helen Ashworth 24.16, 33 Jo Hoppes 24.31, 45 Leon McKenna 25.28, 52 Katy West 25.47, 63 Jo Edwards 26.45, 68 Ally Reid 26.58, 72 Amy Reid 27.31 (pb), 75 Amy Jones 27.55, 86 Mike Davis 28.27 (pb), 97 Steve Hatfield 29.14 (pb), 123 Lesley Furneaux 32.00, 132 Shellon Rowley 32.45, 133 Amanda Williams 32.46, 146 Clare Manley 33.37, 148 Emma Birchall 33.43, 141 Linda McKeown 34.27 (pb), 181 Helen Parry 41.28, 194 Sam Bowen 48.06.
Conwy Parkrun: 111 Helen Alefounder 27.52, 135 Bill Scriven 29.09.
The Parkrun marked a return after injuries for Ally Reid and Clare Manley, while it was the second race in just over 12 hours for Rob Alexander. The previous evening he finished 13th in the Dash in the Dark race in Llandegla Forest, with a time of 26.30. In the same event Andrew Aitken was 78th in 35.04.
James Rogers and Helen Alefounder raced for a second time at the weekend, joining the large field for the popular Essar Four Villages half-marathon on Sunday.
Club results: James Rogers 1-46.19, Helen Alefounder 2-06.40, Hadyn Johnson 2-16.11, Julia Evans 2-19.43.